MY BOOKS
THE FRONT LINES OF THE MILITARY & MEDICAL CULTURE WARS IN AMERICA
After Vietnam, America and its military said, “Never Again!” Tragically, Afghanistan ended in similar failure despite years of obvious indications that it was unwinnable. I have been treating casualties on the front lines of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and of COVID-19 in America. After graduating first in my class at West Point, I deployed to Haiti as an Army Infantry officer and then to Iraq and Afghanistan as an Army Emergency Physician. My writings expose the disconnect between the falsehoods and political correctness of failed general officers and the ground truth of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The human toll never lies.
Eventually, I came home to practice medicine as a civilian and it became very apparent that a similar culture of failure was emerging in the medical community. The COVID-19 pandemic ended centuries of freedom of speech and rational scientific thought and saw the dangerous rise of politically weaponized medicine. I trace the COVID-19 timeline and challenge the official COVID-19 and DEI narratives of health leaders in the government and medical organizations. Dialogues and meetings I had with leaders of several major medical organizations also expose how poor leadership and the medical industrial complex are ruining science, medicine, public trust, and the nation’s health.
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Published October 2023
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Proceeds from this book are donated to veteran charities.
My grandfather, the author of this book, passed away in 1985. I was given this manuscript by my father years later. It was the only copy ever printed and it was never officially published. In later years, my appreciation for military history led me to re-examine this book and decide that the collection of stories, with minor edits, should be published for all to enjoy. With great honor, I present my grandfather’s musings during his military career that spanned D-Day to Vietnam and beyond.
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Published December 2024
MY PUBLICATIONS
Research has not defined my medical career, but I did conduct medical trials and published several documents.
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RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
“Intra-Articular Morphine for Acute Knee Injury” IRB 4 APR 2012; closed late 2013
“Technology Assesement of Non-Invasive Tissue Perfusion Monitor During Early Goal Directed Therapy” $364,529 grant awarded JAN 2012 by AAMTI. Closed late 2013
PEER-REVIEWER
2014 – 2016 Journal of Critical Care
2014 – 2016 Military Medicine
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Graham R, Hughes J, Johnson A, Cuenca P, Mosely T. “Intra-articular Morphine
For Acute Knee Injuries.” Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Vol 14,
Edition 2, Summer 2014
Cooper D, Troth T, Chin E, Hughes J. “Graduate Medical Education in Combat
Support Hospitals: An Enlightening Experience in a British-led Combat Support
Hospital.” Military Medicine. July 2014.
Hughes J, Shelton B, Hughes T. Suspected Dietary Supplement Injuries in Special Operations Soldiers. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Vol 10, Edition 3, Summer 2010.
Hughes J, Hughes T. Predeployment Training Recommendations for Special Forces Medical Sergeants Based on Recent Operation Enduring Freedom Experiences. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Vol 9, Edition 4, Fall 2009.
Hughes J, Miller M, Farr W, Hughes T. “Survey of U.S. Army Commanders' Experiences with Brigade/Battalion Surgeons at Fort Hood, Texas. Military Medicine. 1 March 2006.
Hughes, J. What Military Surgeons Really Do. Letter to the Editor. Annals of Emergency Medicine. Vol 45, No. 5 May 2004.
Levesque A, Hughes J. Pyloric Stenosis. Ultrasound teaching case published